“Don’t Look Away”: The Overrepresentation of Indigenous Women in Canadian Prisons

In 1999, the Supreme Court of Canada in R v Gladue described the over-incarceration of Indigenous peoples as a “crisis” and a “staggering injustice.” More than two decades later, that crisis has only deepened. According to the Office of the Correctional Investigator, the proportion of Indigenous people in federal prisons has continued to rise, with particularly alarming numbers for Indigenous…